Anatomy of a bad idea
Some life decisions are better than others, and this was somewhere near the bottom. Future Lizanne is going to hurt.
Tasmanian Christmas Carnivals 2020 – Full Race reports
The Tasmanian Christmas Carnivals as experienced by the A grade women.
May Contain Fact
racing in 2020- Sometimes it be like that
2020, What a year. Nothing represents the ups and downs of the year like my Strava account. I was plodding along, slugging it in the gym. After signing onto Tesseract a few months earlier, racing (and doing well) in a few CL1 track races, I was on track to get a start at one of…
Track Cycling Stay-cation!
Here’s the deal
*7 different velodromes
*8 Carnivals
*Minimum 32 races!
*2 Cities
*14 days
Sound too good to be true? Want in? Well Christmas has come early, and I can tell you, this track cycling Christmas stay-cation is the place to be.
Being an Athlete has taught me…
Being an athlete has taught me… If there is one thing being an athlete has taught me it’s; Knowing how to motivate yourself to keep going after you’ve cracked. Physically, mentally, socially. Being resilient enough to find the motivation to keep moving forward when you feel like you have nothing left to give. I practice…
I AM Canadian
and I’m damn proud of it! But in Cycling it’s one of the hardest things for me to do. You see, me being an expat in Australia has set me up for isolation. I’m too Canadian for the Australians and too Australian for the Canadians. This leaves me in this constant state of limbo. Sometimes…
Canadian Nationals: Adventure and misadventure in three parts (plus intermission)
It started when I had an injury. Like all my good stories, each adventure always starts with something going wrong. My ankle wasn’t playing gymnastics with me so i started swimming. my shoulder decided to dislocate in the surf, so i started speed skating. I did my ankle once again, but i stuck to the…
Sydney Christmas Carnivals: 10th Anniversary Celebrations! Women’s Special
Winter is over and the Australian shops have put up their Christmas decorations. This can only mean one thing, 50 days until the Sydney Christmas Carnivals!!! But unlike Christmas, have no fear. The Christmas carnivals are smack dab in the middle of the track season. And a perfect launch pad for perfecting speed before the…
When you don’t have anything to lose, there is nothing to lose!- ITS Melbourne race report.
I’ve been talking about retirement. But really who am I kidding? I love to race. I’m not going to retire; I’m going to keep going until the stage manager with the hook pulls me off. And even then I won’t go easy. Did I mention I love racing. ITS is a race that acts…
To The Track! Getting to RAW Track
So what’s your excuse not to make it to Raw Track? Have to go home after work to pick up the bike? Sydney traffic sucks? You can’t get a lift? All of these are valid excuses, BUT there is a better way! Have you ever considered the train? Every 20min or so Sydney trains departs…
Lizanne Wilmot 